by Alfred Poor | June 18, 2014 | Fitness
Today, Spire announced its new health and fitness product. In the company’s press release, it describes this device that is more than a fitness tracker. In addition to monitoring your daily motion, it also tracks your respiration. Your breathing patterns can...
by Alfred Poor | June 18, 2014 | Fitness
Sure, health and medical applications are likely to drive WellTech device development in the near term, because we spend a lot of money on those fields and can justify relatively expensive devices if they can deliver overall savings. But there’s another field...
by Alfred Poor | June 17, 2014 | Fitness
According to a report on The BitBag, Windows Phone 8.1 users will soon get support for the popular Fitbit device “soon.” Windows Phone users have been left out of much of the WellTech health and fitness market, as the iOS and Android platforms offer much...
by Alfred Poor | June 17, 2014 | Enabling Tech
Wearable technology has wonderful potential, especially for health and fitness applications. But there is one important problem that must be solved; how are you going to power these devices? One common solution is to use batteries, but these must be recharged if...
by Alfred Poor | June 16, 2014 | Health, Medical
“First, do no harm.” Often attributed to the Hippocratic Oath, it has been a guiding principle for physicians and everyone else involved in health care for ages. Unfortunately, there is not always agreement on what is appropriate and effective treatment,...
by Alfred Poor | June 16, 2014 | Health, Medical
According to statistics cited by the technology product design company Artefact, about 3 million people in the United States live with epilepsy. Of these, about 50,000 die every year from epilepsy-related causes. The designers at Artefact wanted to come up with a...
